Now accepting submissions! Deadline to enter: April 30, 2021
Join us for our 4th annual Endangered Species Youth Art Contest! In celebration of Endangered Species Day (May 21, 2021) Roger Williams Park Zoo is accepting art entries from local K-12 grade students and homeschoolers in the New England area depicting threatened/endangered species. Endangered Species Day is an opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of protecting endangered species, their habitats, and learn what we can do to help protect them. See below for complete contest guidelines, past winners, prize packages, and submission instructions.
Thank you to our co-Sponsor
- All entries are to be submitted electronically.
- Students’ artwork must be original. Computer-generated and traced images will NOT be judged.
- All artwork must depict threatened/endangered species.
- Each art entry must also include a short explaination as to why saving your chosen species/subject from extinction is important.
- Deadline: Entries must be received by April 30, 2021. Late entries will not be judged.
Please Note: All artwork becomes the property of Roger Williams Park Zoo. Submission of the artwork grants the Zoo a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to publish your student’s/child’s artwork in our editorial, educational, and promotional print and digital materials, and on social media. All published artwork will be credited "Artist’s Name.”
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GRAND PRIZE: A Roger Williams Park Zoo family membership (a $129 value), and a $100 gift card to Jerry's Artarama of Providence.
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GRADE CATEGORY WINNERS: (Grades K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, and Grades 9-12) Each grade-winner shall receive a family four (4) pack of tickets to RWPZoo and a $25 gift card to Jerry's Artarama of Providence.
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HONORABLE MENTIONS: (Grades K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, and Grades 9-12) Each grade-honorable mention shall receive an award certificate.
All winners will have their artwork custom framed by Jerry's Artarama of Providence and will be displayed in the Zoo's Hasbro's Our Big Backyard exhibit until May 2022. Artwork will also be highlighted on the Zoo's website and social media pages, and in the Zoo's summer WILD Magazine issue.